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The Galactic Interstellar Medium

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 21. Lecture Notes 1991. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

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Authors:
  1. W. B. Burton

    1. Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  2. B. G. Elmegreen

    1. IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

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  3. R. Genzel

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

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Part of the book series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course (SAASFEE, volume 21)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  3. Large Scale Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium

    1. Introduction

      Pages 157-158

    2. Basic State of the Interstellar Gas

      Pages 159-177

    3. Large Scale Heating and Cooling

      Pages 178-190

    4. Explosions

      Pages 191-223

    5. Gas Flow in Spiral Density Waves

      Pages 224-247

    6. Gas Instabilities

      Pages 248-263

    7. Global Star Formation

      Pages 264-274

  4. Physics and Chemistry of Molecular Clouds

    1. Tools of Infrared and Radio Astronomy

      Pages 277-318

    2. Heating and Cooling Processes

      Pages 319-336

    3. Interstellar Chemistry

      Pages 337-348

    4. Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Clouds

      Pages 349-370

    5. Circumstellar Clouds and Masers

      Pages 371-378
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About this book

The previous Saas-Fee Advanced Course dedicated to the interstellar medium took place in 1972. The tremendous scientific advances that have occurred in this field since then, in particular owing to the availabihty of receivers working at completely unexplored wavelength bands, fuUy justified a new set of lectures. As a consequence, the members of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and As­ tronomy voted that "The Galactic Interstellar Medium" should be the subject of the 1991 course. The 21st Saas Fee Advanced Course took place in Les Diablerets from 18 to 23 March 1991, gathering together about 80 participants from all over the world, but mostly from Europe. According to a rule that has proved to lead to success, but also to chal­ lenge the lecturers' energy, the format of a Saas-Fee Advanced Course consists traditionally of 28 lectures of 45 minutes which take place in the morning and late afternoon, leaving ample time for discussions, self-study, hiking or skiing. Despite the inordinate work load imposed, this year's lecturers felt that the subject was sufficiently dense to increase the lecture time by 1/3! This proved judicious and left more time for questions and discussions during the lectures.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    W. B. Burton

  • IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

    B. G. Elmegreen

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

    R. Genzel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Galactic Interstellar Medium

  • Book Subtitle: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 21. Lecture Notes 1991. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

  • Authors: W. B. Burton, B. G. Elmegreen, R. Genzel

  • Series Title: Saas-Fee Advanced Course

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31629-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-55805-7Published: 08 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08143-9Published: 10 April 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31629-9Published: 18 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1861-7980

  • Series E-ISSN: 1861-8227

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 400

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy

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